DDR in DDRII slots

bojangles · Jul 15, 2004

I really don't want to buy new ram for my new rig which will have a 925X mobo with 2x240 dimm DDRII slots. I remember reading a review and it saying that DDR will work in the DDRII slots. Will it? Otherwise I will just get an A64.

t_biggs · Jul 15, 2004

From what I remember of pics I've seen of DDR+DRRII motherboards, they are keyed different. But, there are some motherboards with both. Maybe thats what you're thinking of.

L337 M33P · Jul 15, 2004

DDR most certainly won't fit in DDR2 slots. Different pin density and layout entirely.

Some motherboards will have DDR/DDR2 support simultaneously though, but only with Intel chipsets.

Speed_Mechanic2 · Jul 15, 2004

And Intel's i925X chipset does not support DDR(1) memory at all.

Rahab · Jul 16, 2004

And ddr2 uses lower voltage than ddr1
1.8v~ddr2
2.6v~ddr1

Drec · Jul 16, 2004

bojangles said:
I really don't want to buy new ram for my new rig which will have a 925X mobo with 2x240 dimm DDRII slots. I remember reading a review and it saying that DDR will work in the DDRII slots. Will it? Otherwise I will just get an A64.

get the A64
:thup:

Miguita · Jul 18, 2004

Yes, go for the A64, but I'd wait for more high-end S939-mobos. Socket 754-systems are off IMO, since they only have one memory channel. Whilst the latency is likely to be equally great for S754, the reduced bandwidth will be quite significant in certain situations.

devvingiorgio · Jul 19, 2004

Intel's 9xx series is lame...hold off for another couple of months if you can.
Why buy a 32 bit board/CPU when XP 64 bit edition is right around the corner, and Linux is already taking advantage of it ?

mrspec3 · Jul 19, 2004

This is a good read

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/memory/display/ddr2.html

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